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L BURT BOX IOR JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, 8w.

N01414,751. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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LOU BURT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOX FOR JEWELRY, SILVER-WARE, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,751, dated NovemberI2, 1889.

Application filed May 27, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOU BURT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Detroit, county of \Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Boxes for Jewelry, Silverare, &c.; and I.declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which, form a part of this specification.

In the .drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a silver-ware andjewelry box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional view of thesame with the box closed.

It is the purpose of my invention to produce a box for jewelry,silver-ware, and similar articles, which box shall be neat, strong, andornamental, the ornamentation upon said box being in imitation of roughbark or other design.

My invention relates, first, to the peculiar construction of the box,and, second, to the box itself complete as an article of manufacture.

In carrying out myinvention,A represents a wooden box, which serves as afoundation I first shellac the box to keep the wood from warping or fromchanging its shape or dimensions under varying atmospheric conditions.This shellac may be colored with lamp-black or other pigment, ifdesired. I then make a mixture of charcoal and glue, or of fine sawdustand glue, using the charcoal.or sawdust for the purpose of giving bodyto the mixture and at the same time to color it to imitate the naturaldark color of bark. This is then laid onto the box and while yet plasticis etched to imitate the configuration of rough bark or other design. Ithen let it dry. \Vhen dry, I sandpaper or otherwise treat it to smooththe exteriorsurfaces. I then usually varnish with rubbing-varnish; Then,if I wish to finish with a metallic surface, I lay on silver or othermetallic leaf or metallic paint and permit the varnish to dry. I thencoat with white or colored shellac and permit it to dry. It may then bevarnished to give it afinish. The metallic layer is of course formedupon the exterior of projecting surfaces only, and the depressions inthe bark will remain dark and possess the Serial No. 312,267. (Nomodel.)

natural color of the plastic. If, however, it is desired to color thesedepressions either black or otherwise, I accomplish the same as follows:After having laid the leaf, coated the same with shellac, and dried it,I then paint over the whole surface with drop-black water-color, or withany other water-color, and then simply wipe olf the surface, which willexpose the metal upon the projecting surfaces, after which it isfinished by varnishing.

If the paint is to be used as described, then the plastic may be made ofwhiting and glue; but I prefer to use the charcoal and glue or somedark-colored sawdust and glue, in order that the substance itself mayhave a dark color less liable to be visibly marred by slight injuries orby flaking, such as would ensue hr case the plastic were of whitematerial.

When the exterior is finished in imitation of bark, the bark finish iscarried over the corners and edges of the box, so as to make a uniformrounded finish, and the etchings are carried across the division of thebox proper and its lid, so that when the box is closed there will be theappearance of a continuous barkfinish down to the base. The glue plasticadds great strength to the box and its lid and enables me to use a verythin soft wood in the construction of the box, and yet produce anarticle which will stand knocks and rough handling to which such apackage is likely to be subjected.

In the drawings, Anepresents the box; a,

the coating of shellac; B, the glue plastic; 0,

any usual lining of plush, satin, or the like.

I would not limit myself to the bark-finish nor to the particular stepswhich have been described for producing a bark-surface with metallicexterior; but the invention is equally applicable for any kind ofexterior finish.

A prominent feature of my invention is that of producing theornamentation in a soft plastic substance without the necessity ofp1.essure,which in the case of light boxes and cases would crush anddestroy them.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A box for jewelry, silverware, &c., the body ofsaid box and its lid composed of wood, the same being covered withshellac to guard it against the effects of changes of temperature, andhaving upon its exterior a mastic of glue mixed with body ingredient,and with its exterior surface etched or ornamented, substantially asdescribed.

2. A box for jewelry, silver Ware, &c., in which the box and its lid arecomposed of wood coated with shellac to guard against atmosphericchanges, said box and lid overlaid upon its exterior with a plasticcomposed of glue having mixed therewith powdered charcoal or otherdark-body material, the same being etched or ornamented upon itsexterior with ornamental designs, substantially as described.

A box for jewelry, silverware, &c., in

which the body of thebox and its lid are composed of wood coated withshellac to guard against atmospheric influences, the same ovcrlaid witha plastic composed of glue mixed with a dark-body ingredient, saidplastic ornamented by etching or otherwise, said ornamerited surfacesubsequently finished with metallic leaf or paint and a covering ofvarnish, substantially as described.

4. A box for jewelry, silver-ware, 850., composed of wood covered with aplastic composed of glue and a dark-body material and etched orornamented on the exterior, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOU BURT.

Witnesses:

\Y. II. CHAMBERLIN, L. A. DoEL'rz.

